RUMOR: Top Insider believes Maple Leafs STAR player might be traded comes July 1st.

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RUMOR: Top Insider believes Maple Leafs STAR player might be traded comes July 1st.
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Top Insider believes Leafs star player might be traded comes July 1st

A rumor that refuses to do came back in the news today from Sportsnet top insider Elliotte Friedman.

Friedman came back on the old rumor of James Van Riemsdyk being traded due to salary cap issue.

JVR — I think it’s going to be interesting. The Maple Leafs, because of the salary cap and the way it goes with your entry-level contracts, at some point the Maple Leafs are going to have to sit down and say, ‘Are we going for it the next two years.’ And I think the answer has to be yes because you know you’re never going to have these guys making this salary again

So my question is do you keep van Riemsdyk because you like his goal scoring and say, ‘Okay, we’ll take the chance of losing him for nothing, but we’ll take the salary it opens up when he leaves. Or do we trade him for something and say we can’t lose him for nothing, or we could flip him for something else we need."

“It’s going to be a big decision for them.”

If the Leafs are really looking for some kind of package deal, here's what it would cost to acquire James Van Riemsdyk : a first-round prospect defenseman, a first-round prospect forward and a first-round pick for the upcoming draft.


Source: Fanragsports